Ralph Northam

Ralph Shearer Northam is an American politician and physician serving as the 73rd Governor of Virginia since January 13, 2018. A pediatric neurologist by occupation, he was an officer in the U.S. Army Medical Corps from 1984 to 1992. Northam, a member of the Democratic Party, served as the 40th Lieutenant Governor of Virginia from 2014 to 2018 prior to winning the governorship against Republican nominee Ed Gillespie in the 2017 election.

A new University of Virginia Center for Politics/Ipsos poll ​finds 43 percent of Virginians say the governor should stay in office, despite controversy he's faced in recent weeksCBS News - Published 2 days ago

Protesters called for the resignation of Virginia Governor Ralph Northam outside his office on Feb. 18, calling amid a scandal regarding a controversial blackface photo from his medical school yearbook..

RICHMOND, Va. (Reuters) - Virginia Democrats pressured Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax to resign on Monday over accusations of sexual assault, which he denies, but held off on pursuing impeachment,..

Business Insider reports that Virginia's Governor Ralph Northam is insisting he won't go over a racist yearbook photo. However, Northam says his lieutenant governor Juston Fairfax must leave if sexual..

Virginia's attorney general on Wednesday admitted to having worn blackface at a college party, becoming the state's third high-ranking Democrat caught up in scandal since the release Friday of a racist..

Reuters reports that Virginia Governor Ralph Northam met with his Cabinet on Monday. The meeting comes amid a chorus of calls from fellow Democrats to resign over a racist photo on his 1984 med school..

Democratic Virginia Governor Ralph Northam on Saturday resisted mounting calls for his resignation, denying that he appeared in a racist yearbook photo. Conway G. Gittens reports.

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Ralph Northam, the governor of the US state of Virginia, has vowed to remain in office despite widespread calls for his resignation after a racist photo surfaced in his yearbook page from more than 30..

Scandals at the highest levels of Virginia's government are forcing some of the state's younger residents to have difficult conversations about race. After a racist photo was discovered on Gov. Ralph..CBS News - Published 1 week ago

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has been under fire after a racist photo from his medical school yearbook page surfaced. The scandal has prompted schools across the country to flip through their own..CBS News - Published 1 week ago